{"conversationCode":"409-008","tapeNumber":409,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-409-008","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T18:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-06T18:54:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:54 PM","endDate":"6-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 409-8\n\nDate: February 6, 1973\nTime: 1:54 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 409-8 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-30]","filename":["409-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"409-007","nextCode":"409-009","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.66,"text":"Be bold, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon speaks with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction serves as a brief logistical exchange to initiate communication with another party. No substantive policy or political discussions occur during this short administrative connection.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:36:49.785Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"409-008.mp3","bytes":59392,"durationSec":11.32,"bitrate":41973,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.439Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:35.361Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/409-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/409/conversation-409-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}